Re: Embedding postgresql in an application

Not sure if I like the idea of a future in which all software comes as a vm.

On Saturday, March 30, 2013, David Fetter wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 09:53:30AM -0700, George Hartzell wrote:
> > Joshua D. Drake writes:
> > >
> > > On 03/30/2013 07:38 AM, David Fetter wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 04:20:46PM -0700, Sam Talebbeik wrote:
> > > >> Folks, I need to manually install postgresql on Ubuntu. I can not
> do
> > > >> apt-get install.
> > > >
> > > > Consider embedding the entire application in a virtual machine
> running
> > > > your choice of OS, DB version, etc. You will be able to control
> that
> > > > and will save your end users and yourself a *lot* of grief.
> > >
> > > +1 and if you do it correctly, you can support multiple VM types so
> the
> > > user can use whichever one they already have installed (KVM,
> VirtualBox,
> > > VMWare).
> >
> > Hi JD,
> >
> > Do you have any pointers/references about "doing it [VM images]
> correctly"?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> Check your favorite search engine for OVF and OVA. Just about every
> virtualization platform can use them, or can at least consume them.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
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